Chapter 15

A boom echoed through the air,

Turning toward the sound, they saw a plume of smoke rising from the sea, and a sea otter riding a vulture flying off into the sky.

When the smoke cleared,

Two figures were seen floating on the sea, unconscious.

"It's them," Kurokasa frowned. "The ones who came to hunt Luffy for food."

Everyone: (▼へ▼メ)

Such a cute little girl—do you really plan to capture her for food?

"Luffy!"

"Yoshi!"

Luffy stretched out his arm, grabbed the necks of the two figures, and dragged them back, then unceremoniously slammed them onto the Red Line.

Splat—

The two stuck to the surface for several seconds before slowly sliding down to the ground.

They were none other than Princess Vivi of the Baroque Works, "Miss Wednesday," and her partner Mr. 6.

Sanji, upon recognizing them,

Immediately rushed to the blue-haired Vivi, gently helping her up with gentlemanly grace.

He scolded Luffy: "How could you be so disrespectful to a lady?"

"So it's right for them to kill me?" A sweet, childish voice rang out.

Everyone turned in surprise toward Luffy—she had been the one speaking.

Can she already speak?

"What? Is there a problem?" Luffy tilted her head cutely, puzzled. "Kurokasa's been talking for fifty years—I've long since learned it all."

Hss—

Sima Di suddenly realized!

This adorable little girl, who made everyone's heart melt, was actually a genuine fifty-year-old!

And her true form was an island whale,

Underestimate her, and a single move like Mount Tai crushing down could erase over eighty percent of the dangers in the first half of the Grand Line.

This contrast...

Tsk!

This journey just got more interesting—I can't wait!

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13. The Man-Eating Luffy! Obvious Trap!

Luffy surprisingly understands human speech, allowing seamless communication with everyone.

Thus, Vivi and Mr. 6 became the targets of everyone's anger.

"You actually wanted to eat such a cute Luffy!"

"Unforgivable!"

"You must pay!"

"Why don't we eat them too?"

Everyone froze.

They looked in disbelief at the one who made the suggestion—it was Luffy.

Oh, never mind...

No, wait!

Though Luffy was once an island whale, she's now a little girl—and hearing her casually say "eat people" was still horrifying.

Nami, who adores children,

Squatted down and explained to Luffy: "Luffy, you mustn't! People don't eat people."

"Huh? Okay." Luffy nodded.

Fortunately, she was just innocent, not actually hungry for human flesh.

This gave the trembling Vivi and Mr. 6 a slight breath of relief.

But then...

"Then let's just throw them into the sea to feed the fish?" Luffy suggested again.

Hmm...

The sheer dissonance of such a brutal suggestion coming from a little girl left everyone silent.

They exchanged glances,

agreeing they couldn't let Luffy remain so indifferent to human life, and turned their gaze toward Vivi and Mr. 6.

Quickly find an excuse to save your lives!

Vivi understood instantly.

She burst into tears, sobbing: "Our village is starving—we had no choice but to hunt you, Luffy! As compensation, we'll take you to the nearest Whisky Peak Island!"

Sima Di was stunned by Vivi's plan!

Is this how you beg for your life?

Just hearing it, something was clearly off.

But as luck would have it,

Luffy actually looked interested and said: "I know! Shanks said the Pirate King Luo Jie's first stop was Whisky Peak! Then let's set off right now!"

Good grief,

With such an obvious trap, would anyone really fall for it?

Sima Di exchanged a glance with Zoro, then shrugged helplessly at Crocus.

What could they do? Luffy was the captain.

So the matter was settled just like that.

But though the death penalty could be waived, the living punishment was hard to escape.

Crocus still punished Vivi and the other by making them responsible for teaching Laboon to read and some basic common sense before arriving at Whisky Peak.

However......

"Ah!!!"

Nami suddenly let out a piercing scream, which startled everyone.

"The compass is broken! The needle keeps spinning!" Nami said in panic.

Without a compass on the great sea, it was extremely easy to lose one's bearings — practically a calamity.

Sima Di twitched his brow at the words.

The most gifted navigator of the East Sea actually didn't know that the Grand Line uses a Log Pose?

Vivi and Mr. 9 wore mocking expressions, but being fish on the chopping block, they didn't dare say much.

Crocus, meanwhile, helplessly covered his face.

"Are you all here to die? An ordinary compass doesn't work on the Grand Line — you have to use a Log Pose like this."

Crocus took out a Log Pose and explained the knowledge of magnetic routes and how to magnetize them.

This made Nami feel as though she had found a treasure.

"As I thought, letting you, Crocus, come aboard was truly the right choice!"

A ship with an old hand on board is like having a treasure!

The Going Merry set sail once more, and to celebrate the new members joining, Sanji prepared the Elephant Tuna dish he had won at the chef competition in Luo Ge Town for a proper celebration.

His exquisite skill made both Laboon and Crocus' eyes light up.

"Finally found something where he's better than Luo Jie's lot." Crocus sighed.

"Oh? The chef on the Pirate King's ship — his cooking isn't as good as mine?" Sanji said excitedly.